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How book festivals can fix their diversity problem![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II
Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world
Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer
Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?
Martin Amis: ‘The past gets bigger but the future shrinks’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Martin Amis: ‘The past gets bigger but the future shrinks’
Top 5 Books featuring carnivorous plants, chosen by Natasha Calder![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Top 5 Books featuring carnivorous plants, chosen by Natasha Calder
How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review: A dance between the cracks ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson review: A dance between the cracks
19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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19 Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica review: Bewitching short stories
What photo wallets tell us about the history of photography![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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What photo wallets tell us about the history of photography
Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
Top 5 books about portal adventures for under-12s, chosen by Ben Miller![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Top 5 books about portal adventures for under-12s, chosen by Ben Miller
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway review: A visionary piece of speculative fiction![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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